As the nurse passing by caught the scene and hurried over, attempting to defuse the escalating situation, Listina lashed out with

fists and feet, her gaze locking onto Carol with the venom of a viper.

Carol felt a chill crawl up her spine at that piercing stare. Her lips pressed as she glanced at her own bleeding arm. This woman

was truly unhinged, to mark her so deliberately.

"Carol, you wench! What are you so smug about? What are you flaunting? Felix is mine, you hear me? Mine! We've known each

other for years, and I know him better than anyone. Just you wait, you'll get what's coming to you!"

Carol felt her own anger boiling over, her cheeks flushing red.

"Do you even realize the surgeon who operated on you was hired by me? The copay for your surgery was covered by me. Even just

for those two things, you ought to show sgratitude."

"What? Did I beg you for help? Or are you just playing the martyr? You deserve everything you get. I won't thank you. You owe me,

and lettell you, one day you'll be payinga whole lot more. The Millers are all the same; not a decent one among you!"

With that, Carol's hand swung out, connecting with a sharp slap to Listina's face.

Listina's pupils contracted in disbelief as she touched her cheek, "You dared to hit me?"

chest heaved with her rapid breaths, her mouth a tight line, "Yes, I

He needs to see just

right away; before it got through, she gazed at Carol

you're just a fool in my eyes. You just

family ever had."

voice trailed off, her call connected; she

Carol hit me; you need to cto the

“Listina?”

it's me,

“Okay.”

frozen, feeling a cold wave wash over her as something flickered through her

uncatchable.

speed, less than twenty minutes, suggesting he'd been on his

even before Listina's call.

Carol still at odds, surrounded by

furrowed, voice a bit

clutching at his waist, "I just said a few words, and she slapped me,

it, but how could

Carol's force. But since Listina had started

remained untouched, making Listina look

Listina in Felix's embrace made Carol uncomfortable. Even if they were cousins, their closeness seemed

turned his

speechless. Anger quickly filled her thoughts, and she scoffed, "Why bother

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